Bed davenport or couch.



APPLICATION FILED MAYZL 1913- Patented May 28,1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

S. GOLDSTEIN.

BED DAVENPORT OR COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27.1913

1,267,399. Patented May 28,1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2- S. GOLDSTEIN.

BED DAVENPORT 0R COUCH. APPLICATION nun MAY 27-,19I3.

"1 -26?,399n v Patented May 28,1918.

3 SHEETSSHEET a.

SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN', OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH. TOISADORE GOLDSTEIN, ONE-FOURTH TO ABE GOLDS'IEIN, AND ONE-FOURTH TO MEYERGOLD- STEIN, ALL OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application filed May 27, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bed Davenports or Couches, of which thefollow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to bed davenports or couches and the object thereofis to provide furniture of this character with simple, efficient andeasily operated mechanism for convertin such furniture into a bed orcouch. My present invention is intended as an improvement upon thatdescribed in my prior application filed February 17, 1913, Serial No.748,982. The various features of advantage and utility in myconstruction will be apparent from the description hereinafter given.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the davenport shownconverted into a bed; Fig. 2 a sectional plan view of a portion of theparts illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a sectional elevation of thedavenport in normal or closed condition; Fig. 4: a front elevation ofone end of the davenport with a portion thereof broken away exposingcertain'operating parts; Fig. 5 a sectional elevation of the davenportshowing the bed sections and seat in the process of closing or opening;Fig. 6 an elevation viewed from the line 6-6 of Fig. 3, Fig. 7 a sectionon the line77 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 a detail view of the latch '32.

It will be understood that my invention is applicable to different kindsof furniture such as davenports, bed couches and the like, but in thepresent instance I have shown the same embodied in a davenport for thepurpose of giving a clear and definite description of my invention andwithout intention of limiting myself thereto.

Referring to the embodiment of my invention as herein shown thedavenport comprises a stationary structure consisting of the two endpieces or frame members 1 connected together by a front cross-piece 2,the back-piece 3 and cross bar 4,-or otherwise as desired,and the back6, and a'seat 5 .which is adapted to be rotated to an inverted position.J

The seat 5 is mounted to rotate in suitable manner between the endframes and, also adapted to have a sl ding m v m t wi h e Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Serial No. 770,099.

spect thereto. As clearly shown in the drawings the end frames are eachprovided with a horizontal bearing bolt 7 projecting inwardly of theframe and having its extreme inner end extending into a recess 8 formedin the adjacent end of the body of the seat and extending longitudinallyof such end. This bearing bolt also passes through a slot 9 registeringwith the recess 8 and formed in a bracket plate 10 which is secured tothe end of the seat. It will be understood that each end of the seat issimilarly constructed and provided with a bracket plate as justdescribed. By reason of this mounting of the seat, the same is permittedto rotate and also have a sliding movement as required in the openingand closing operations hereinafter described. Each bracket plate isprovided at its rearward end with a depending portion 10 from whichprojects laterally a bearing pin 11 having at its outer end an enlargedhead 11" for purposes hereinafter described.

Each end frame is provided on its inner side with a curved track and inthe present instance and by preference this track is formed by means ofa plate 12 secured to its end frame in any suitable manner. This plateis curved as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5 and provided with a curved slot13 registering with a similarly curved groove or recess 14 in the bodyof the end frame. The adjacent pin 11 projects through the slot 13 andits head is received in the groove 14. The plates 12 as thus constructedhave a trackway on the end frames for the pins 11 which are therebyguided in the movements of the operating parts. The upper forward end ofeach slot 13 is provided with an offset 13 in which its pin 11 isadapted to rest and be held in the open condition of the bed sections.These offsets have sockets whose bottoms are below the points ofjunction between the slots and the sockets forming crests in thetrackway, whereby the pins 11 remain in the sockets until positivelyraised by the operator and forced rearwardly over suchv crests into theslots. By placing the slotted plates 12 on the end frame members ,of thedavenport they may be formed of relatively large dimensions, as comparedwith a structure in which trackway members are carried by the seatframe, and a stronger, more sightly, and more eas ly operable mechsthroughout the length of its slot giving the required movement to theseat and attached parts as hereinafter explained.

The bed spring may he made in any number of folding sections*and' ashefein shown the same comprises three inainsections indicated generallyby the reference indicated 'by the reference letters 'aandb thesection-a being "located" between and --sections together upon .the seatduring the operation of the parts this panel is provided I on its innerside with a lock which consists 1 "pivot-Jed up on such of a hook 25extending inwardly and panel within the clips 26 secured thereto. henthe hook 25 is "turned inwardly, as shown in;Figs3 3 and 5, 33 lettersA, B and'C andtwoshortsections it project/s in the path of movement of apivotally connected with the rnain sections A and B and the 'section];being located" between and pivotally -conn'ec'ted to the main, sectionsB and-C, all as clearly indicatedin Fig. 2. The bedsprmg maybe of any,inclosedrelationship: With respect' to thefv seahbeth in the"Opeiiposition shown-in '5 and in the closed ositionyehowndn Fig; 3

in which latter position this hookacts as a suitable construction so faras the fabric 9 th ereof is concerned; "but its side rails, whicharehere shown as made of angle '1ron,' are"- support "for ithe fold'ehsections." The p'anel 2-1 in its closed-pos-ition is adapted to restuponthe cross'-piece-2-of the" riavenport, as

made in sections corresponding .to the sec? tions named forfoldingpnrposesx The main sectionsA B and C have 'side r'alls 15, 16 and 17respectlvelyand"the shortsections'a and 72 have similar but"shorter;f

rails '18 and19 respectively. The r'ails :18 are pivotal'ly connected attheii'-"ends' to the rails 15 and l6respectiyely'and the rails 19 withthe rails 16 and 17 respectively; f

The innermost section A of the bed spring l is connected with the bottomof the'seatin pivotalnna'nner andhas a parallel riiler motion withrespect thereto? For this p11rpose this section A is notconnected'directly with the under side of the seat 5 but indi reotly'bymeans of the parallel links 2O,'one

at each end of the: seat andeach pivotally connected at its endsto theseat and to the" site sideswiththe legs 28 andflt'he b'ed;sec-" 90tionG-with legs'29.' The legsQS' are-pivoted) "to the rails 16 neartheir-upper ends and the? extreme up er ends the'i eofhavepivotally 1connected t e'r'eto the links 30""whose for ward ends are pivotallyconnected' to the -.rails 18jwith the result that-when the bedsectionsa're folded tliesel'eg's "will be auto- 5 inatically foldedalong side of the rails =16. The legs'29 are siini l'arlypivoted to therail I 17 and provided withli'nks 3-1 whose inner ends are pivotallyconnectedte "the rails 19 whereby the same automatie folding of such'legs is effected in the folding operation "of the sections. Bypreferenc'e the' le'g's 29 areprovided with pivoted "latches 32 each 105of which isnormally held in" horizontal porailsl? respectively. At eachinner comer g T byimealns 0f the? of the seat as shown in Fig. 3. thereis provided" a depending b'racket21 which in con-' uection with a seconddepending bracket I laterally-from siderail 16, as elearl mdi "catedi-nFigI3.

22, shown in detail in Figs. 6 and 7 provide a bearing for the pivotpin23 passing through the side, rail 18 at eachend"of the) spring 1 =3'npward movement of the beihg limited-by the stop pi'nf35fi Eaohl'atclr' is adapted to hook over apiIr-36'eXtending I1Q Describing thepreferred operation of the 1 '-*davenport and assumi ng that thej partsare 1 two separate parts but 'it will be Understood thattheymight be"made as 'an'integra l" -consequently all of thebed =sections attaohedstructure. One fian ge'of the adj acentrailis adapted' to pass betweenthe 'outer ends'o'f v the two brackets" and to be pivotally 1? sup"ported therebetween' on said" pivot pin-23 l 'By {"10ck 25 so as tor'eleasez the b-ail 27 and-the bed sections are simnltaifleolislynnfolded 125 as is clearlyindicated;in '6 and reason of the describedconstructionthe bed spring-is pivot-allyconnectedt'o the seat and iscapable of being raised therefrom it is completely P reversed wherenponthe pi'rfs -=11 will entr and ke retained in the oflzs'ets tst with adepending panel '24: which is secur'e'fl' port frames, with the resultthat the seatjtfl i in their norm'al or closed position as shown in Figland itis' desired to open} the sameg 'that is' convert-it into a bedgthe' first step consists in partially rotating the seat 5 and f theretounti1*' they assume a praetically yer tical position-withthe pins' 11 atthe l'ow er *sections are nowiinlocked by swinging the h and drawn ontwardly aw ay' 'from the daVenwillQby such action be further rotated until33*. In this unfolding and withdrawing movement of the bed the lastsection C may be left folded upon the section B until the latter isextended to horizontal position whereupon such section C may then beunfolded and brought to a horizontal position. In the act of unfoldingthe bed sections, the section A will automatically rise to a positionabove the bottom of the seat which is now uppermost, such position beingindicated in Fig. 1. It will also be understood that the legs 28 and 29automatically assume their position in folding and unfolding of the bedsections. If desired the bed may be folded and closed by steps just thereverse of those already explained but for convenience in manipulationit is preferred to fold up the bed sections and to lock them upon theseat in the manner indicated in Fig. 5 and to then lift such partsincluding the seat upwardly and move it forwardly so as to disengage thepins 11 from the offsets 13 whereupon all of these parts are free to bereturned to the normal condition illustrated in Fig. 3.

It is obvious that my structure may be made of any suitable material ormaterials found expedient or desirable, and While I have shown the endframes and seat for instance as made of wood, the same may be made ofmetal, in which event the slotted plates thereof could be made integral.Moreover, while I have herein shown three main sections of bed springsit will be evident that the number thereof may be varied, for instance,the outermost section C and small section b may be dispensed with, inwhich case the length of the bed would correspond in direction with thelength of the davenport, whereas when the full number of sections shownis used, the length of the bed would be transverse of the length of thedavenport.

I claim:

1. In furniture of the class described, the combination of stationaryend frame members having on their inner sides trackways consisting ofcurved slots, said slots curving upwardly from the center and the frontends of such slots extending sharply downward over a crest in eachtrackway to form offset sockets, a seat mounted to rotate in the framemembers, sliding pivot members carried by said seat coacting with theslots and arranged to rest in the sockets when the seat is in invertedposition, whereby said pivot members remain in the sockets untilpositively raised and forced rearwardly past the crest in the trackway.

2. In furniture of the class described, the combination of stationaryend frame members having on their inner sides trackways consisting ofcurved slots, said slots curving upwardly from the center and the frontends of such slots extending sharply downward over a crest in eachtrackway to form offset sockets, a seat mounted to rotate in the framemembers, bearing brackets secured to the ends of the seat, bearingmembers intermediate said stationary frame members and said bearingbrackets whereby the seat is mounted to rotate, sliding pivot memberscarried by said bearing brackets coacting with the slots and arranged torest in the sockets when the seat is in inverted position, whereby saidpivot members remain in the sockets until positively raised and forcedrearwardly past the crest in the trackway.

SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN.

Witnesses:

MEYER GOLDSTEIN, S. E. HIBBEN.

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